Two years after Miami New Times exposed him as a serial plagiarist, Gerald Posner is still getting gigs as an investigative journalist. Last we heard of the disgraced Miami Babylon author, he was lawyerin’ for Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother Mahmood. That was five months after we exposed numerous instances in which…
Read “Cuban Radio Is Dying Because of Aging Hardliners And Miami’s Changing Market.”On August 17, Roberto Rodríguez Tejera takes the center spot behind the news desk inside TeleMiami’s studio in the Flagami neighborhood of Miami. The veteran Cuban American journalist is flanked by former Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños, ex-Hialeah…
For the past couple of years, Norman Braman has carefully crafted his image as a do-gooder billionaire and civic activist by leading the recall of former Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez and, more recently, financing opponents against four sitting county commissioners because they saddled taxpayers with the Marlins Park boondoggle while…
Imagine you’re an 18-year-old freshman settling into your dorm room two days before you start school at the University of Miami. You hear news reports about a category 4 hurricane barreling toward your new home, but chalk it up to media hysteria. It couldn’t be worse than the monsoons you’d…
Read “Carlos Miller: Freedom For Photographers.”Blogger, photographer, and cop watchdog Carlos Miller is looking for a new home on the Internet. Yesterday, he announced that Pixiq, the web company that hosts his blog Photgraphy Is Not A Crime, informed him that he has a month to move to another homestead…
Rafael Garcia-Toledo, Mayor Gimenez’s Friend, Has Millions in County Construction Contracts
HBO sure got its money’s worth from the Miami Dolphins this past weekend. On Friday night, shortly before kick-off of the first preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team announced that quarterback David Garrard, a free agent pick-up brought in to compete for the starting job, would be…
Norman Braman was no match for the forces backing Miami-Dade County commissioners Bruno Barreiro, Audrey Edmonson, Barbara Jordan, and Dennis Moss. The billionaire car dealership mogul’s slate of Luis Garcia, Alison Austin, Shirley Gibson and Alice Pena produced an epic fail. All four candidates, who benefited from $397,000 worth of…
Anyone who’s followed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to campaign events the past couple of months has probably noticed Rafael Garcia-Toledo — the guy chauffeuring hizzoner from one stop to another in a white Lincoln Navigator. In fact, he’ll be ferrying Gimenez around today from precinct to precinct. It’s a menial…
Today, Mitt Romney is forgoing a Miami political campaign tradition by skipping over Versailles restaurant in Little Havana. Instead, Mittens will hobnob with a convicted cocaine smuggler. The Republican presidential candidate is holding an afternoon rally at Palacio de los Jugos (7085 Coral Way), which is owned by Reinaldo Bermudez,…
Read “Carlos Gimenez Collects Half-A-Million Bucks In First Round of Fundraising” and “Carlos Gimenez Has Raised Nearly Twice As Much As Challenger Joe Martinez.”With one day left before the primary, we’re going to miss the proliferation of groups with cryptic, yet patriotic, monikers spreading misinformation, collecting bundles of cash and…
Read “Gerardo Silva Jr. Charged $2500 In Clothes And Electronics On His Medley Credit Card”and “Gerardo Silva Jr.’s 911 Call: ‘I am a Councilman!'”Medley Town Councilman Gerrado Silva Jr. has officially resigned. His last day was Aug. 8. But if you think Silva resigned because of all the embarrassing press…
Miami-Dade August 14 Election: A Haters Guide
Thank God for Chad Johnson. Last night, the “Look At Me” wide receiver was the star of the first episode of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Miami Dolphins on HBO. You get the feeling the Dolphins brain trust of General Manager Jeff Ireland and Head Coach Joe Philbin picked…
Also read: “Al Lorenzo Wins Elections, but Will His History Hurt the State Attorney’s Latest Bid.”Late yesterday, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez sacked Al Lorenzo, the campaign consultant who’s been by his side since he first ran for elected office eight years ago. The Miami Herald reports Gimenez fired Lorenzo because…
With Miami’s primary elections rolling in on August 14, Banana Republican decided to do Dade a solid by tallying up the worst scalawags, scoundrels, and scumbags who weaseled onto the ballot. Rock the vote, long live democracy, and all that jazz.But honestly, we’d rather you stay at home and watch…
UPDATE: An earlier version of this post incorrectly reported that Luther Campbell had been denied his certification to coach high school football; in a telephone conversation with Uncle Luke, we misunderstood the result of the state’s appeal. He will in fact be allowed to coach. Hooray! We do apologize for…
Last year, Homestead City Councilman Rev. Jimmie Williams III wanted to open his own fried fish restaurant. So he turned to a generous land owner who helped him and three other candidates, including current Mayor Steve Bateman, win in 2009. Real estate developer Wayne Rosen — who bankrolled a political…
Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy, Goes for Gold
Miami Herald Endorses Mark Weithorn, a Candidate With Baggage
Read “Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy Goes for Gold,” and “Danell Leyva, Team USA Fall Flat in Quest for Olympic Gold in Gymnastics.”Miami’s Danell Leyva won a spot on the medal stand today, but he will only be showing off bronze hardware.After his team’s disappointing finish in the men’s final…
The Miami Herald editorial board sure knows how to back sketchy candidates. Last week, it recommended that voters go with Mark Weithorn in the race to replace Richard Steinberg, the Miami Beach state house rep who resigned in February after getting busted for sending inappropriate text messages to a married…
